Editing List of popes (section)

==== 2nd century ====
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| {{circa}} 105 – {{circa}} 115 (?)<br>{{small|(10 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Alexander I|Alexander I]]'''<br>{{small|'''ALEXANDER'''}}
| Roma, Italia, Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Rome}}
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| [[Roman citizen]], born in the capital of the [[Roman Empire]]. Feast day 3 May. Inaugurated the custom of blessing houses with holy water. Also revered as a saint in [[Eastern Christianity]], with a feast day of 18 March.
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| 7
| {{circa}} 115 – {{circa}} 125<br>{{small|(10 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Sixtus I|Sixtus I]]'''<br>{{small|'''XYSTVS'''}}
| c. 42 Roma, Italia, Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Rome}}
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| A Roman of Greek descent, born in [[Roman Italy|Italia]], the [[homeland]] of the [[ancient Romans]]. Uncertain if he was a ''[[Peregrinus (Roman)|peregrinus]]'' (a free subject of the [[Roman Empire]]) or a [[Roman citizen]]. Feast day 6 April. Also revered as a saint in [[Eastern Christianity]], with a feast day of 10 August.
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| 8
| {{circa}} 125 – {{circa}} 136<br>{{small|(11 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Telesphorus|Telesphorus]]'''<br>{{small|'''TELESPHORVS'''}}
| [[Terranova da Sibari|Terra Nova]], Italia, Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Terranova|Now Terranova da Sibari, [[Italy]]}}
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| A Roman of Greek descent, born in [[Roman Italy|Italia]], the [[homeland]] of the [[ancient Romans]]. Uncertain if he was a ''[[Peregrinus (Roman)|peregrinus]]'' (a free subject of the [[Roman Empire]]) or a [[Roman citizen]]. Feast day 5 January. Church Father [[Irenaeus|St. Irenaeus]] called him a great martyr; the earliest attested martyrdom of pope after St. Peter. Also revered as a saint in [[Eastern Christianity]], with a feast day of 22 February.
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| 9
| {{circa}} 136 – {{circa}} 140 <br>{{small|(4 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Hyginus|Hyginus]]'''<br>{{small|'''HYGINVS'''}}
| Athenae, Achaea, Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Athens}}
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| Greek. A ''[[Peregrinus (Roman)|peregrinus]]'', free provincial subject of the [[Roman Empire]] who was not a [[Roman citizen]]. Tradition holds he was martyred; feast day 11 January.
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| 10
| {{circa}} 140 – {{circa}} 155<br>{{small|(15 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Pius I|Pius I]]'''<br>{{small|'''PIVS'''}}
| [[Aquileia]], Italia, Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Aquileia|Now Aquileia, [[Italy]]}}
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| [[Roman citizen]], born in [[Roman Italy|Italia]], the [[homeland]] of the [[ancient Romans]]. Brother of the freedman [[Hermas (freedman)|Hermas]]. Martyred by sword; feast day 11 July. Decreed that [[Easter]] should only be celebrated on a Sunday.
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| 11
| {{circa}} 155 – 166/7<br>{{small|(11–12 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Anicetus|Anicetus]]'''<br>{{small|'''ANICETVS'''}}
| [[Homs|Emesa]], [[Roman Syria|Syria]], Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Homs|Now Homs, [[Syria]]}}
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| Hellenized Syrian; first Syrian pope. A ''[[Peregrinus (Roman)|peregrinus]]'', free provincial subject of the [[Roman Empire]] who was not a [[Roman citizen]]. Tradition holds he was martyred; feast day 20 April. Decreed that priests are not allowed to have long hair. Also revered as a saint in [[Eastern Christianity]], with a feast day of 17 April.
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| 12
| 166/7 – 174/5<br>{{small|(8–9 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Soter|Soter]]'''<br>{{small|'''SOTERIVS'''}}
| [[Fondi|Fundi]], Italia, Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Fondi|Now Fondi, [[Italy]]}}
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| [[Roman citizen]], born in [[Roman Italy|Italia]], the [[homeland]] of the [[ancient Romans]]. Tradition holds he was martyred; feast day 22 April. Declared that marriage was valid as a sacrament blessed by a priest; formally inaugurated Easter as an annual festival in Rome.
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| 13
| 174/5 – 189<br>{{small|(14–15 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Eleutherius|Eleutherius]]'''<br>{{small|'''ELEVTHERIVS'''}}
| [[Nicopolis]], [[Epirus]], Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Nicopolis|Now a Roman ruin near [[Preveza]], [[Greece]]}}
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| Greek. A ''[[Peregrinus (Roman)|peregrinus]]'', free provincial subject of the [[Roman Empire]] who was not a [[Roman citizen]]. Tradition holds he was martyred; feast day 6 May.
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| 14
| 189 – 198/9<br>{{small|(9–10 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Victor I|Victor I]]'''<br>{{small|'''VICTOR'''}}
| [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]], Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|It is not clear when Pope Victor I was born, and where he was born, although some<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Max |title=WorldViews Sorry, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is not the first non-European pope |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/03/13/sorry-jorge-mario-bergoglio-is-not-the-first-non-european-pope/|access-date=24 November 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=13 March 2013|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508052548/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/03/13/sorry-jorge-mario-bergoglio-is-not-the-first-non-european-pope/|url-status=live}}</ref> suggest he was born in [[Leptis Magna]], now a part of [[Libya]].}}
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| Roman Berber; first pope to have been born on the continent of [[Africa]]. Uncertain if he was a ''[[Peregrinus (Roman)|peregrinus]]'' (a free subject of the [[Roman Empire]]) or a [[Roman citizen]]. Feast day 28 July or 11 January. Known for excommunicating [[Theodotus of Byzantium]]. [[Quartodeciman]]ism controversy.
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| 15
| 198/9 –<br>20 December 217<br>{{small|(18–19 years)}}
| '''St [[Pope Zephyrinus|Zephyrinus]]'''<br>{{small|'''ZEPHYRINVS'''}}
| Roma, Italia, Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Rome}}
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| [[Roman citizen]], born in the capital of the [[Roman Empire]]. Although not physically martyred (murdered), he is called a martyr for the suffering he endured; feast day 20 December. Combated against the [[adoptionist]] heresies of the followers of Theodotus of Byzantium, who were ruled by Theodotus and Asclepiodotus.
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| {{circa}} 198/9 –<br>{{circa}} 199/200<br>{{small|(1 year)}}
| ''[[Antipope Natalius|Natalius]]''<br>{{small|'''''NATALIVS'''''}}
| style="font-size:85%"| Roma, Italia, Roman Empire{{refn|group=birth|name=Rome}}
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| style="font-size:85%"| [[Roman citizen]], born in the capital of the [[Roman Empire]]. In opposition to [[Pope Zephyrinus|Zephyrinus]]. Later reconciled.
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